diff --git a/doc/api/api_changes_3.3/deprecations.rst b/doc/api/api_changes_3.3/deprecations.rst
index 680f049249e3..920e208399c1 100644
--- a/doc/api/api_changes_3.3/deprecations.rst
+++ b/doc/api/api_changes_3.3/deprecations.rst
@@ -426,3 +426,10 @@ future.
 *minor* kwarg to `.Axis.get_ticklocs` will become keyword-only
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Passing this argument positionally is deprecated.
+
+Case-insensitive properties
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Normalization of upper or mixed-case property names to lowercase in
+`.Artist.set` and `.Artist.update` is deprecated.  In the future, property
+names will be passed as is, allowing one to pass names such as *patchA* or
+*UVC*.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/artist.py b/lib/matplotlib/artist.py
index 035b87fa6251..b3778c9c1bbb 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/artist.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/artist.py
@@ -980,7 +980,12 @@ def update(self, props):
         ret = []
         with cbook._setattr_cm(self, eventson=False):
             for k, v in props.items():
-                k = k.lower()
+                if k != k.lower():
+                    cbook.warn_deprecated(
+                        "3.3", message="Case-insensitive properties were "
+                        "deprecated in %(since)s and support will be removed "
+                        "%(removal)s")
+                    k = k.lower()
                 # White list attributes we want to be able to update through
                 # art.update, art.set, setp.
                 if k == "axes":